1978 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.782363+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	33.39	20	19.49	1.99	0.01
2	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	32.68	17	7.04	0.99	0.01
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	31.14	9.5	5.92	1.71	0.29
4	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	30.75	16	34.26	0.87	0.13
5	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.39	13	2.67	1.56	0.44
6	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.26	9	1.69	1.77	0.23
7	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	27.03	1.5	3.91	1.07	0.93
8	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.72	35	8.31	0.99	0.01
9	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	26.63	24	9.02	0.91	0.09
10	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.98	41	4.12	1	0
11	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.86	28	5.05	1	0
12	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.52	35	7.35	0.97	0.03
13	Utah State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	25.38	10	-10	1	0
14	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.31	8	7.05	0.82	0.18
15	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.08	6	6.11	0.61	0.39
16	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.9	3	9.99	0.7	0.3
17	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.76	24	1.9	0.97	0.03
18	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.73	3	12.02	1	0
19	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.7	18	5.88	0.92	0.08
20	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	24.55	10	9.13	1	0
21	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.5	17	0.28	0.95	0.05
22	McNeese	Southland	1-0-0	1	24.47	5	10.06	0.66	0.34
23	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.44	7	8.18	0.95	0.05
24	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.39	27	1.25	0.96	0.04
25	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.35	7	7.22	0.84	0.16
26	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.13	4	1.31	0.77	0.23
27	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.97	31	0.38	1	0
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	23.96	10	3.76	0.75	0.25
29	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	23.72	10	4.14	0.84	0.16
30	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.64	6	4.05	0.68	0.32
31	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.55	7	4.75	0.63	0.37
32	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.13	4	-0.53	0.61	0.39
33	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.11	31	0.15	0.94	0.06
34	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.05	47	-10	0.99	0.01
35	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.05	27	-5	0.98	0.02
36	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.93	4	1.44	0.62	0.38
37	Chattanooga	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.8	27	-10	0.92	0.08
38	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	22.54	5	1.94	0.74	0.26
39	Marshall	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.38	17	0.12	1	0
40	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.89	1	5.32	0.53	0.47
41	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.85	2	-0.47	0.59	0.41
42	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.78	14	-0.74	1	0
43	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	21.58	18.5	13.13	1.88	-0.88
44	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	21.14	56	-10	1	0
45	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.97	9	-3.74	0.67	0.33
46	San José State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	20.88	17	-10	0.87	0.13
47	The Citadel	Southern	1-0-0	1	20.76	11	-10	0.77	0.23
48	App State	Southern	1-0-0	1	20.56	21	-10	0.9	0.1
49	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.55	5	-10	0.67	0.33
50	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.17	3	-10	1	0
51	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	18.04	-4	7.65	0.7	0.3
52	Nebraska	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.51	-3.5	22.93	0.81	0.19
53	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.22	-10	17.45	0.29	0.71
54	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.18	0	0	0	0
55	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	3.01	0	0	0	0
56	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-0-0	0	3.01	0	0	0	0
57	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.96	0	0	0	0
58	North Carolina	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.9	0	0	0	0
59	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.87	0	0	0	0
60	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.86	0	0	0	0
61	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0	0
62	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.75	0	0	0	0
63	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	2.64	0	0	0	0
64	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0
65	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.47	0	0	0	0
66	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.47	0	0	0	0
67	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.38	0	0	0	0
68	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	2.37	0	0	0	0
69	Clemson	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.31	0	0	0	0
70	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.08	0	0	0	0
72	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.99	-3	6.23	0	0
73	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0
74	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.77	0	0	0	0
75	Houston	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.7	0	0	0	0
76	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.64	0	0	0	0
77	Baylor	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
78	Washington	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	1.46	-3	8.42	0.3	-0.3
79	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.37	0	0	0	0
80	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.35	0	0	0	0
81	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0
82	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.27	0	0	0	0
83	Fresno State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	1.21	-5	5.43	0.34	-0.34
84	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.19	0	0	0	0
85	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.16	0	0	0	0
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0
87	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.08	0	0	0	0
88	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
89	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0
90	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.78	0	0	0	0
91	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.64	0	0	0	0
92	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-0-0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0
93	Louisiana	Southland	0-1-0	0	0.55	-10	4.6	0	0
94	VMI	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.53	-7	5.84	0.05	-0.05
95	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.52	0	0	0	0
96	California	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.38	-10	7.04	0.32	-0.32
97	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.34	0	0	0	0
98	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.28	0	0	0	0
99	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.28	-7	6.19	0.16	-0.16
100	Western Carolina	Southern	0-2-0	0	0.25	-5	12.13	0.63	-0.63
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.23	0	0	0	0
102	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	0.21	0	-0.55	0	0
103	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	0.1	-8	9.82	0.18	-0.18
104	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0
105	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.07	-2	22.75	0.47	-0.47
106	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.05	-6	10.35	0.39	-0.39
107	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	-0.14	0	0.84	0	0
108	Texas-Arlington	Southland	0-2-0	0	-0.18	-5	15.31	0.7	-0.7
109	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.19	-24	10.55	0.09	-0.09
110	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.32	-7	4.86	0.37	-0.37
111	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.33	-16	33.56	0.09	-0.09
112	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.41	-6	6.12	0.32	-0.32
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-0.48	-14	-4.08	0.29	-0.29
114	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.5	-3	33.56	0.3	-0.3
115	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-0.64	-35	10.38	0.01	-0.01
116	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.69	-18	6.1	0.08	-0.08
117	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.71	-10	5.07	0.16	-0.16
118	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.79	-35	6.33	0.03	-0.03
119	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.8	-5	3.72	0.26	-0.26
120	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.82	-10	6.33	0.25	-0.25
121	Lamar	Southland	0-1-0	0	-0.82	-4	6.17	0.38	-0.38
122	Arkansas State	Southland	0-2-0	0	-0.89	-8	24.06	0.49	-0.49
123	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.9	-4	11.08	0.23	-0.23
124	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-0.97	-30	-10	0.05	-0.05
125	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.1	-2.5	15.04	0.73	-0.73
126	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.28	-28	10.14	0	0
127	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.33	-4	8.43	0.39	-0.39
128	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.8	-41	10.28	0	0
129	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.93	-24	8.63	0.03	-0.03
130	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2	-17	1.41	0	0
131	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-2.07	-14	0.15	0	0
132	Oregon	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-2.11	-17	9.74	0.05	-0.05
133	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.15	-27	7.34	0.04	-0.04
134	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.43	-31	2.69	0.06	-0.06
135	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.44	-31	5.94	0	0
136	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-2.6	-24	24.17	0.09	-0.09
137	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-3.64	-29	16.43	0.11	-0.11
138	UNLV	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.7	-27	6.84	0.02	-0.02